Media articles MeN and CKDu 2016

Media articles MeN and CKDu
The following is a partial list of popular press articles and other publically-available nonpeer-reviewed documents that have been published about Mesoamerican Nephropathy
and CKDu. It is intended to help individuals interested in reading what has been published
in recent years. The list is updated from time-to-time.
2016
June, 28
Laffay, T. (2016). Help comes to El Salvador’s sick sugarcane workers. Aljazeera.
Available at: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2016/06/el-salvador-sicksugarcane-workers-160608143132976.html
June, 27
Al Jazeera. (2016). El Salvador’s sugarcane workers and their silent killer. Aljazeera.
Available at: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/thecure/2016/06/el-salvadorsugarcane-workers-silent-killer-160606133827688.html
June, 15
Araya, J. (2016). Componente laboral predomina en enfermedad de riñón que mata a
trabajadores agrícolas. Semanario Universidad. Available at:
http://semanariouniversidad.ucr.cr/pais/componente-laboral-predomina-enfermedadrinon-mata-trabajadores-agricolas/
June, 7
Araya, J. (2016). Enfermedad renal continúa matando agricultores. Semanario
Universidad. Available at: http://semanariouniversidad.ucr.cr/pais/enfermedad-renalcontinua-matando-agricultores/
May 26
Elinder, CG., Wernerson, A. (2016). Mesoamerican nephropathy. UpToDate. Available at:
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/mesoamerican-nephropathy
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May, 24
Palomo, A. (2016). Cuando trabajar cuesta un riñón. El País. Available at:
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/05/23/planeta_futuro/1464031482_155664.html
May, 20
COMUNICACIO. (2016). Presentación del estudio “Los impactos de la industria cañera en
El Salvador.” Enginyeria Sense Fronteres. Available at: http://esfcat.org/2016/05/20/presentacion-estudio-los-impactos-industria-canera-salvador/
May, 6
Dovey, D. (2016). Chronic Kidney Disease Becomes “Mysterious” Global Epidemic
Worsened By Climate Change; It Will Only Get Worse. Medical Daily. Available at:
http://www.medicaldaily.com/chronic-kidney-disease-climate-change-384752
May, 5
American Society of Nephrology (ASN). (2016). Climate change may contribute to rising
rates of chronic kidney disease. Science News. Available at:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160505222718.htm
May, 2
Senthilingam, M. (2016). Thousands ill from mysterious kidney disease, but what’s the
cause? CNN. Available at: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/02/health/mystery-kidneydisease-global-spread/
April, 29
Sunday Times in Sri Lanka. (2016). Govt partners with Cuba and El Salvador for trilateral
cooperation to curb CKDu. Times online. Available at:
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1001660/govt-partners-with-cuba-and-el-salvadorfor-trilateral-cooperation-to-curb-ckdu
April, 22
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. (2016). Why are thousands of sugarcane
workers in northwestern Nicaragua dying from chronic kidney disease? The Chariot.
Available at: http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/news/2016/04/22/why-are-thousands-ofsugarcane-workers-in-northwestern-nicaragua-dying-from-chronic-kidney-disease/
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March, 31
Chatterjee, R. (2016). Mysterious kidney disease goes global. Science. Available at:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/mysterious-kidney-disease-goes-global
February, 2
Sterns, R. H., Grieff, M., Bernstein, P.L. (2016). Treatment of hyperkalemia: something
old, something new. Kidney International, 89(3), 546–554. Available at: http://ac.elscdn.com/S0085253815001234/1-s2.0-S0085253815001234main.pdf?_tid=73047556-3d6a-11e6-b86d00000aab0f01&acdnat=1467143988_07a7074c544d6cd0f87ee6240f28cb5e
January, 12
Levin, A. (2016). CKDu in Sri Lanka’s population. International Society of Nephrology.
Available at: http://www.theisn.org/about-isn/isn-blog/item/2407-meeting-the-sri-lankas-president
No date
National Wheat Foundation. (2016). The truth about glyphosate, part 1: How do wheat
growers use glyphosate? Retrieved from http://www.wawg.org/the-truth-aboutglyphosate-part-1-how-do-wheat-growers-use-glyphosate/
Newsroom. (2016). Glyphossate linked to epidemic of kidney failure, but regulation
obstructed. Available at: http://panswiss.org/newsroom/glyphosate-linked-toepidemic-of-kidney-failure-but-regulation-obstructed/
Osier, M., Cheung, K., Rajeevan, H. (2016). The ALlele FREquency Database.
Polymorphic. Available at:
https://alfred.med.yale.edu/alfred/SiteTable1A_working.asp?siteuid=SI621197A
2015
December, 10
Cook, P. (2015). Rum to die for: Plight of sugar cane workers leads bars owners to dump
popular brand. Houston Press. Available at:
http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/rum-to-die-for-plight-of-sugar-cane-workersleads-bar-owners-to-dump-popular-brand-7983610
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December, 7
Ingenio San Antonio. (2015). Mesoamerican Nephropathy CKD (chronic kidney desease) Frequently asked questions. Available at:
https://boicotflordecana.wordpress.com/tag/ckdu/
November, 27
Wei, C. (2015). The silent epidemic behind Nicaraguan rum. Vice Food LLC. Available at:
https://munchies.vice.com/articles/the-silent-epidemic-behind-nicaraguas-rum
November, 16
Herndon, M. (2015). UW Ph.D. candidates working to include indigenous voices in
genomic research. The Daily of the University of Washington. Available at:
http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_32805b3e-8cef-11e5-b217-afd868591324.html
November, 12
European Food Safety Authority. (2015). Glyphosate: EFSA updates toxicological profile.
Available at: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/151112
Monsanto. (2015). The European Food Safety Authority: “Glyphosate is unlikely to pose
carcinogenic hazard" (EN/DE/FR/NL/ES/RO). Available at:
http://monsantoblog.eu/the-european-food-safety-authority-glyphosate-is-unlikely-topose-carcinogenic-hazard-endefrnlesro/#.VkZXVHarS70
November, 10
Lee, T.H. (2015). Genetics is your friend: Natives not anti-science, just anti-exploitation.
Indian Country Today Media Network. Available at:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/11/10/genetics-your-friend-nativesnot-anti-science-just-anti-exploitation-162342
October, 17
No autor. (2015). “Una rara epidemia que azota Centroamérica podría estar relacionada
con el cambio climático.” Available at:
https://actualidad.rt.com/ciencias/188762-epidemia-azota-latinoamerica-cambioclimatico
October, 16
Shapiro, L. (2015). A Mysterious Epidemic Plaguing Central America May Be Linked To
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Climate Change. Available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epidemic-climatechange_us_56210714e4b069b4e1fbb8c0
October, 5
La Isla Foundation. (2015). The WE Program – “WE Can End CKDnT”. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3vwkk4THoA&feature=youtu.be
July, 30
Shangai Daily. (2015). China to help Sri Lanka fight chronic kidney disease. Available at:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=295094
July, 29
Chavkin, S. (2015). Reform signals new strategy against lethal kidney disease. The
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Available at:
https://www.icij.org/blog/2015/07/reform-signals-new-strategy-against-lethal-kidneydisease
July, 25
Presidencia de la República de Costa Rica. (2015). Aprobado reglamento de estrés
térmico por calor en el trabajo. Disponible en:
http://presidencia.go.cr/prensa/comunicados/aprobado-reglamento-de-estres-termicopor-calor-en-el-trabajo/
July, 21
Rodríguez, I. (2015). CCSS lanza campaña para proteger los riñones de los
guanacastecos. La Nación. Available at: http://www.nacion.com/vivir/medicina/CCSScampana-proteger-rinones-guanacastecos_0_1501049961.html
June, 14
Eulich, W. (2015). In El Salvador´s sugar cane fields, small changes bring new hope for
workers. The Christian Science Monitor. Available at:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2015/0614/In-El-Salvador-s-sugar-canefields-small-changes-bring-new-hope-for-workers
May, 26
Sarich, C. (2015). Sri Lankas´s newly elected president bans glyphosate (Monsanto
Roundup) - Deadly chronic kidney disease increased 5-fold. Global Research.
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Available at: http://www.globalresearch.ca/sri-lankas-newly-elected-president-bansglyphosate-monsanto-roundup-deadly-chronic-kidney-disease-increased-5fold/5451936
May, 21
Ashford, M. (2015). UW Researchers Hope to ID Urine Protein Markers of Diabetic Kidney
Disease Progression. Genome Web. Available at:
https://www.genomeweb.com/mass-spec/uw-researchers-hope-id-urine-proteinmarkers-diabetic-kidney-disease-progression
May, 19
Lakhani, N. (2015). Poverty in Nicaragua drives children out of school and into the
workplace. The Guardian. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/globaldevelopment/2015/may/19/poverty-nicaragua-children-school-education-child-labour
May, 7
Acevedo, C. (2015). Official trailer - Land and shade. Available at:
https://vimeo.com/127227766
Acevedo, C. (2015). Trailer oficial - La tierra y la sombra. Disponible en:
https://vimeo.com/127222198
April, 12
Ramos, F. (2015). La epidemia del sol. Elfaro. Available at:
http://www.elfaro.net/es/201504/fotos/16839/La-epidemia-del-sol.htm
February, 28
Salinas, C. (2015). Sindicatos ISA: “buenas condiciones de trabajo en cañaverales.”
Confidencial. Available at:
http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/21105/sindicatos-isa-039-buenascondiciones-de-trabajo-en-canaverales-039
February, 26
Sancho, F., Maldonado, C. (2015). Epidemia mortal en los cañaverales. El País. Available
at:
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2015/02/26/actualidad/1424988812_7635
12.html
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February, 18
Salinas, C. (2015). Dr. Daniel Brooks, experto en Epidemiología de la Universidad de
Boston “Uno a más factores de riesgo en IRC son ocupacionales”. Confidencial.
Available at: http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/21008/quot-uno-a-masfactores-de-riesgo-en-irc-son-ocupacionales-quot
February, 17
Fendt, L. (2015). Study links sugarcane fieldwork with kidney disease epidemic in Central
America. The Tico Times News. Available at:
http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/02/17/study-links-sugarcane-fieldwork-with-kidneydisease-epidemic-in-central-america
Salinas, C. (2015). Presidente de Comisión Laboral AN: gobierno debe pronunciarse
“sordera y secretismo” ante IRC. Available at:
http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/21000/quot-sordera-y-secretismo-quotante-irc
February, 16
Lakhani, N. (2015). Nicaraguans demand action over illness killing thousands of sugar
cane workers. El Guardián. Available at:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/16/-sp-nicaragua-kidney-disease-killingsugar-cane-workers
February, 2
Salinas, C. (2015). Epidemia IRC ligada a “factores ocupacionales.” Confidencial.
Available at: http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/20903/epidemia-irc-ligada-a039-factores-ocupacionales-039
January, 29
Wallace, S. (2015). Can Sugarcane Workers Be Saved With Simple Water and Shade?
National Geographic. Available at:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150129-sugarcane-workerskidney-disease-nicaragua-health-ngfood/
January, 21
Rodríguez, I. (2015a). Riñones de peones colapsan al trabajar bajo el sol en Guanacaste.
La Nación. Available at: http://www.nacion.com/vivir/medicina/Rinones-peonesPampa-colapsan-jornadas_0_1464853513.html
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Rodríguez, I. (2015b). Roy Wong, coordinador de la investigación: “Ya hay evidencia
científica.” La Nación. Available at: http://www.nacion.com/vivir/medicina/Roy-Wongcoordinador-investigacion-cientifica_0_1464853526.html
January, 20
Rodríguez, I. (2015). Trabajo agrícola en altas temperaturas y alto consumo de
analgésicos asociados con mal renal en Guanacaste. La Nación. Available at:
http://www.nacion.com/vivir/ciencia/Trabajo-temperaturas-analgesicos-asociadosGuanacaste_0_1464653626.html
2014
December, 9
La Isla Foundation. (2014). Vital liquid - WE Program El Salvador. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4C9TIWl0Ko
August, 31
Pomareda, F. (2014). Kidney Disease in Guanacaste: Experts Say Herbicides Should Be
Investigated. La Voz de Guanacaste. Available at:
http://www.vozdeguanacaste.com/en/articles/2014/08/31/kidney-disease-guanacasteexperts-say-herbicides-should-be-investigated
August, 18
Pomareda, F. (2014). Agrochemical Industries Deny Relation Between Herbicide and
Renal Disease. La Voz de Guanacaste. Available at:
http://www.vozdeguanacaste.com/en/articles/2014/08/18/agrochemical-industriesdeny-relation-between-herbicide-and-renal-disease
July, 14
Ritterman, J. (2014). Monsanto’s Herbicide Linked to Fatal Kidney Disease Epidemic:
Could It Topple the Company? Truthout. Available at: http://www.truthout.org/news/item/24876-monsantos-herbicide-linked-to-fatal-kidney-diseaseepidemic-will-ckdu-topple-monsanto
July, 10
Ritterman, J. (2014). Monsanto’s Herbicide Linked to Fatal Kidney Disease Epidemic:
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Could It Topple the Company? Truthout. Available at: http://www.truthout.org/news/item/24876-monsantos-herbicide-linked-to-fatal-kidney-diseaseepidemic-will-ckdu-topple-monsanto
June, 22
Gaynor, T. (2014). Silent kidney epidemic ravages Central America sugar belt. Aljazeera
America. Available at: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/22/centralamericankidneydisease.html
June, 12
Wade, L. (2014). People from Mexico show stunning amount of genetic diversity. Science.
Available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/06/people-mexico-showstunning-amount-genetic-diversity
June, 11
Dayaratne, G., & Ellepolla, Y. (2014). An epidemic of “Unknown Etiology” - A second look
at Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka. The Island. Available at:
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=articledetails&code_title=104924
Landau, E. (2014). Mysterious kidney disease plagues Central America. CNN. Available
at: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/11/health/kidney-disease-ckdu/
Pomareda, F. (2014). Herbicide Use Could be Associated with Deaths Due to Renal
Problems in Guanacaste. La Voz de Guanacaste. Available at:
http://www.vozdeguanacaste.com/en/articles/2014/06/11/herbicide-use-could-beassociated-deaths-due-renal-problems-guanacaste
Pomareda, F. (2014). Uso de herbicida podría estar asociado a muertes por problemas
renales en Guanacaste. La Voz de Guanacaste. Available at:
http://www.vozdeguanacaste.com/es/articulos/2014/06/11/uso-de-herbicida-podriaestar-asociado-muertes-por-problemas-renales-en
June, 7
Ellsworth, A. (2014). The Sugar Cane Industry and Kidney Disease. Brown Political
Review. Available at: http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2014/06/sickly-sweet-thelink-between-the-sugar-cane-industry-and-chronic-kidney-disease-of-unknown-origin/
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June, 4
No author. (2014b). CDC launches study on kidney disease epidemic in Central America.
Nephrology News & Issues. Available at: http://www.nephrologynews.com/cdclaunches-study-on-kidney-disease-epidemic-in-central-america/
May, 24
Yaqub, F. (2014). Kidney disease in farming communities remains a mystery. The Lancet,
383(9931), 1794–1795. Available at:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)608679/fulltext?elsca1=ETOC-LANCET&elsca2=email&elsca3=E24A35F
May, 9
Murphy, H. (2014). Deadly Illness in Nicaragua Baffles Experts. New York Times.
Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/world/americas/deadly-illness-innicaragua-baffles-experts.html?hp
April, 30
Beaubien, J. (2014). Mysterious kidney disease slays farmworkers in Central America.
National Public Radio. Available at: http://www.npr.org/sections/healthshots/2014/04/30/306907097/mysterious-kidney-disease-slays-farmworkers-incentral-america
April, 11
Chavkin, S. (2014). Herbicide ban on hold in Sri Lanka, as source of deadly kidney
disease remains elusive. The Center for Public Integrity. Available at:
https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/04/11/14551/herbicide-ban-hold-sri-lanka-sourcedeadly-kidney-disease-remains-elusive
April, 10
American Association for the Advancement of Science. (2014). A Baffling Chronic Kidney
Disease in El Salvador. Science AAAS. Available at:
http://www.sciencemag.org/site/multimedia/slideshows/344.6180.kidney/index.xhtml
No autor. (2014). Causa de una extraña enfermedad renal en Centroamérica sigue sin
despejarse. El Nuevo Diario. Available at:
http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/internacionales/316874-causa-extrana-enfermedadrenal-centroamerica-sigue/
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April, 8
Mercola. (2014). Toxic Combo of Roundup and Fertilizers Blamed for Tens of Thousands
of Deaths. Available at:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/04/08/roundupfertilizer.aspx?e_cid=20140408Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email
&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20140408Z1&et_cid=DM42294&et_rid=4806928
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April, 6
Sustainable Pulse. (2014). World´s number 1 herbicide discovered in U.S. mothers´ breast
milk. Available at: http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/04/06/worlds-number-1-herbicidediscovered-u-s-mothers-breast-milk/#.V2RJF7t97IV
March, 31
Rojas, P. (2014). Vecinos denuncian que contaminación de arsénico en el agua se
mantiene en centro de Bagaces. Crhoy. Available at: http://www.crhoy.com/portadainforme-revela-que-en-bagaces-siguen-consumiendo-agua-con-grandes-cantidadesde-arsenico-u9l7m2x/
March, 14
Chavkin, S. (2014). Sri Lanka bans leading Monsanto herbicide citing deadly disease
fears. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Available at:
https://www.icij.org/blog/2014/03/sri-lanka-bans-leading-monsanto-herbicide-citingdeadly-disease-fears
March, 13
Chavkin, S. (2014). Sri Lanka bans Monsanto herbicide citing potential link to deadly
kidney disease. Available at: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/03/13/14418/srilanka-bans-monsanto-herbicide-citing-potential-link-deadly-kidney-disease
March, 7
No autor. (2014). Misteriosa enfermedad renal afecta a trabajadores de caña. SciDevNet.
Available at: http://www.scidev.net/america-latina/salud/noticias/misteriosaenfermedad-renal-afecta-a-trabajadores-de-ca-a.html
March, 3
No autor. (2014). Chronic kidney disease creates “Island Of Widows” In Nicaragua. ICR
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News. Available at: http://insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/chronic-kidney-diseasecreates-island-widows-nicaragua/
February, 27
No author. (2014). Monsanto’s Roundup may be linked to fatal kidney disease, new study
suggests. Available at: https://www.rt.com/news/monsanto-roundup-kidney-disease921/
February, 12
Stix, G. (2014). The Riddle of What Is Killing Thousands of Central American Cane
Workers. Available at: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/the-riddle-ofwhat-is-killing-thousands-of-central-american-cane-workers/
February, 3
Salinas, C. (2014). Causa IRC: “múltiples factores”. Confidencial. Available at:
http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/15911/causa-irc-quot-multiples-factoresquot
February, 12
Chavkin, S. (2014). CDC launches industry-funded study of mystery kidney ailment. The
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Available at:
https://www.icij.org/blog/2014/02/cdc-launches-industry-funded-study-mystery-kidneyailment
February, 7
Toor, A. (2014). Left for dead: the mysterious disease killing thousands in Central America.
The Verge. Available at: http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/7/5389084/chronic-kidneydisease-sugar-cane-workers-central-america
January, 29
No author. (2014). Putting Faces on the Mysterious Disease Killing Nicaraguan Sugar
Cane Workers. Global Voices. Available at:
https://globalvoices.org/2014/01/29/putting-faces-on-the-mysterious-disease-killingnicaraguan-sugar-cane-workers/
January, 28
González, D. (2014). Making Pictures, Finding Solutions in Nicaragua. The New York
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Times. Available at: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/making-picturesfinding-solutions-in-nicaragua/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1
January, 26
Salinas, C. (2014). Alegan que dispararon por iniciativa propia contra ex cañeros del ISA.
Represión policial y tragedia IRC. Confidencial. Available at:
http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/15783/represion-policial-y-tragedia-irc
January, 25
No autor. (2014). Nachito sigue en cuidados intensivos. Diario Nica. Available at:
http://www.diarionica.com/index.php/nacionales/5894-nino-baleado-grave
January, 23
Hotez, P. (2014). Tropical Medicine Mystery: Something is Killing Young Men in Central
America. Plos. Available at:
http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2014/01/23/tropical-medicine-mysterysomething-killing-young-men-central-america/
Kashi, E. (2014). Kidney Disease in Nicaragua (VII Photo). Available at:
http://www.the37thframe.org/2014/01/kidney-disease-in-nicaragua-by-ed-kashi-viiphoto/
January, 22
Salinas, C. (2014). ¿Por qué se calla, Comandante Ortega? El País. Available at:
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/01/22/actualidad/1390352905_8141
81.html
January, 21
IUF Sugar Workers Network. (2014). Nicaragua: One dead, three wounded in chronic
kidney disease protests. Available at: http://www.iuf.org/sugarworkers/nicaragua-onedead-three-wounded-chronic-kidney-disease-protests/
Salinas, C. (2014). La sangre enturbia los cañaverales de Nicaragua. El País. Available at:
http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2014/01/21/actualidad/1390271000_6149
22.html
January, 20
Salinas, C. (2014). Indignación en Chichigalpa tras sangrienta represión policial. Fue una
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masacre, nos tiraron a matar. Available at:
http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/15718/039-fue-una-masacre-nos-tiraron-amatar-039
Trucchi, G. (2014). Azúcar amargo: la epidemia misteriosa. Regional Latinoamericana de
La UITA. Available at: http://www.rel-uita.org/index.php/es/sectores/azucar/item/4257azucar-amargo-la-epidemia-misteriosa
January, 19
Membreño, C. (2014). Represión sangrienta contra ex cañeros ISA. Confidencial.
Available at: http://confidencial.com.ni/archivos/articulo/15683/represion-sangrientacontra-ex-caneros-isa
No date
Center for Genomics & Healthcare Equality. (2014). Welcome to the Center for Genomics
and Healthcare Equality. Available at: http://depts.washington.edu/cghe/
2013
December, 24
Marshall, E. (2013). The Price of Sugar: Investigating the epidemic of Chronic Kidney
Failure in rural Nicaragua. The Yale Globalist. Available at: http://tyglobalist.org/inthe-magazine/features/the-price-of-sugar-investigating-the-epidemic-of-chronickidney-failure-in-rural-nicaragua/
December, 16
COMISCA. (2013). SE-COMISCA, CDC y OPS realiza Taller sobre Vigilancia de la
Enfermedad Renal Crónica de causas no tradicionales. Available at:
http://www.sica.int/busqueda/Noticias.aspx?IDItem=83318&IDCat=3&IdEnt=143&Idm
=1&IdmStyle=1#.UrHDBtUa1uM.email
November, 13
WoodrowWilsonCenter. (2013). The Nagoya Protocol and Synthetic Biology Research: A
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